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Orthoclase Var Sanidine

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Orthoclase Var Sanidine

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Description
Locality: 
Kakourou, Aridhaia, Pélla, Central Macedonia, Greece
Size Range: 
Small cabinet (7-10 cm)
Size: 
7 × 5 × 3 cm
Largest Crystal: 
3.00cm
Description

Very sharp, well formed twinned sanidine crystal on matrix.

This locality produces the best crystals of this kind in Greece.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Orthoclase

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White

Sanidine

Formula: 
KAlSi3O8
Strunz: 
9.FA.30
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 
6.0
Streak: 
White
Type Locality: 
Drachenfels, Königswinter, Siebengebirge, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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